Engine wont fit!!!!

Right, im on fitting the new 2.25 in my lightweight, but the bell houseing is different, any how, to cut a long story short where there variations in bell houseings.

I am not well up on L/W landys is it a 2 or 3, the bellhousing are different on both, have you put the correct cluch plate in the splines are different on the 2 models, but I think a 2 or 3 gearbox will bolt to any 2.25 engine, if you goto the link below it takes you to a military forum.

Nick.

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hit it wiv a hammer till it does fit

The probloem is the hole positions are different, and the hole for the starter is different.

Mmmm??? I am sure sombody will know not me though try that link I sent you.

Nick.

Well, the bellhousing is on the gearbox; and the drilling on that should mate to the stud hole patern on the block.
Yes, there are a number of different bellhousings; I dont know about the early Series 1's & 2's but there were two varients for the S2, with different clutch mechs in them; and another when they went to the S3; the six pots also got thier own bellhousing; then early 90/110's got yet another, becouse they used the LT77 box.
HOWEVER; the stuf patern drilling on the 2.0; 2.25 & 2.5litre four pot engines SHOULD be identical, and common whether petrol or diesil.
Its even the same on the 2.5TD, and the 200 & 300TDI's......
Are you certian that it's a 2.25 engine?
Is it a diesil?
If it's a diesil, and likely a 2.5NAD then could be be a LDV Sherpa varient, or Austin FX taxi, and I think there was somthing else used them too;
BUT, only flange patern difference I'm aware of is that one of them had an extra location dowl or lacked an extra location dowel, in which case simply solved by removing it.
BUT; the conundrum I'm pondering is whether it could be you have an engine with an adapter plate on it to attach it to a Ford MK4 gearbox, or to the bellhousing for a Range Rover four speed or something.

My theroy is that is a six pot box, as i failed to mention earliey i removed a V8 so the box could have been anything.

I'm bout put a v8 in mine n have a 2 1/4 petrol will I have to get a 6 pot box to fit my adaptor plate????

Dont know i got an adaptor plate to fit a six pot (well i think its a six pot)

Arrrr now you tell us?????.

If you have taken out a V8, check the GB input shaft very carefully; they were often 'adapted' to fit in V8 fly wheel, often shortened, so if fitted back on four pot, might not run in bush.

Clutch fits fine its just the hole for the starter that i Carnot do anything about